Model Farm Bill?

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November  2, 2012
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California’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program may be a model for other states, but this week’s Civil Eats article argues that it can do better. Farm bills, in particular farm bills aimed at improving and generating better specialty crop grants in California, are surprisingly minimal for a state responsible for nearly 30% of the country's specialty crop production. 

Read on for another reality of the U.S. Farm Bill and its efforts to improve our crop supply and diversity. 

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Making a Good Farm Bill Program Better: Specialty Crop Grants in California from Civil Eats 


 

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Molly Hannon
Molly Hannon is a freelance writer with a big appetite for all things food. She has written for the New York Times, NPR's Berlin station, GRIST, La Cucina Italiana, Wine Enthusiast, Gambero Rosso, TimeOut, Hemispheres, Fork Magazine and the Daily Beast. A native of Virginia, she spent the last three years traversing Europe sipping, sampling and occasionally overindulging. Molly's writing focuses on food's cultural influences, narratives and literary legacies -- how they shape civilization and bring us together.

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